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Chapter Two – The Voice of The Wind
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"Yuya-san, here's lunch… I thought you'd be… hungry?" the tray fell on the tatami floor with a clash! The clay bowl filled with porridge broke into tiny pieces and the porridge stained the floor.
Akari ran to alert the others that Yuya was gone!
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My feet guided me to him as I followed the voice of the wind. I closed my eyes so that I could hear it more clearly. It said 'come to me… come to me… follow me…'.
"Kyo…"
A gulf of wind engulfed me and I stopped. "Kyo…"
Promise me… that you'll always be happy…
"What do you mean?" I halted for a moment only to feel the wind tickling my neck. "Mmh… Kyo…"
Heh… come and see me…
"I will… but… tell me… are you still with me?" I asked Kyo hesitantly.
I am still with you but… I can't meet you in person… but you can see me once you find me…
I tilted my head. "I don't quite understand…"
Just keep going and have faith in me…
I nodded and closed my eyes again. This time, Kyo was with me as well.
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"How can she leave without us knowing!" Akira let out his rage. Bon had to calm him.
"Yuya-chan's body is still weak, she shouldn't be too far off…" Bon led the group to search for Yuya.
"We should split into groups… I shall search alone since I'm used to scouting enemies as a spy… you four should split with the less fight prone partner…" Okuni left the group after that and disappeared as soon as she jumped up a tree branch.
The four looked at each other. "I shouldn't go with Hotaru OR Akari or we'll never find Yuya-san…" Akira declared.
Bon nodded. "Akari, take care of Hotaru. Akira, let's go!" and both of them left the other two.
Akari stared at Hotaru. "You DO remember how Yuya-san looks like, right?" Hotaru just stared back. "Come!" and Akari dragged him.
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I opened my eyes and saw that the wind led me to a closed cave… "What the hell?"
Open up… Kaze no Koe…
The rock in front of the cave… well… it moved. "Wha-?"
Get inside, you'll find out the answer…
"Are you not coming?" I looked to my left, where Kyo's voice was heard.
Wind… cannot travel in that cave…
"If you're not coming than I won't…" I started but was cut off by Kyo.
Inside… NOW. The others are looking for you and if they knew about this… chances for you to meet me are nil…
"Please… promise me that you'll wait for me…" I glanced at him for a while and walked inside the cave. The cave closed right after.
Please… be successful…
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"Yuya-san! Yuya-san!" Okuni jumped from limb to limb lightly, shouting dear Yuya's name. Sadly… the search didn't bear any fruit…
"Where could she be?" the sun was about to set and Okuni thought it was unwise to keep searching at night… she knew the others would think the same.
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"The sun's about to set… if night falls… it would be much more difficult to keep track…" Bon told Akira who was slashing the bushes that got in the way.
Akira tensed. "I can't feel any presence actually… for a while… before this, I did… but I lost it…"
"Why didn't you tell me!"
Akira murmured a silent "I don't know…"
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"Hotaru, use your flame to act as a light…" Akari ordered him to do so. Hotaru didn't budge. "Hotaru! Didn't you even listen to what I said!"
"Your name means lantern… you can do much more better than a firefly…" was his response. Akari had to hold his thought to not KILL him.
"Stop riddling! We need to find her fast or…" Akari trailed off.
"Are you afraid that Kyo's woman would commit suicide?" getting no response he added, "She's not stupid…"
"I know…"
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I walked slowly, getting further into the dark cave. I was scared. Kyo was not with me anymore. "I want to see him… or just hear his voice…"
I walked even more slowly at the thought of it again. "What if he… disappeared again?"
I shook my head violently. "No! Kyo won't leave again! The answer is in this cave itself! I must find it no matter what!"
The further I walk, the more clearer the cave gets. There was light in it! When I see that it was getting brighter, I ran to the light and found out that it came from this room. Blue flame was used to light it up.
What amazed me was the person lying on a stone bed in the middle of the room. "Kyo!" I cried as I ran to the body. It was Kyo's real body!
I shook the body. "Kyo, wake up! I'm here! Kyo… please wake up…"
The body was icy cold even though the warm heat of the blue flame surrounded it. "Kyo… please open your eyes…"
Onime-no-Kyo will only wake if his loved one prays for his return…
"Who's there!" I looked around at my surroundings.
Onime-no-Kyo will only wake if his loved one prays for his return while on top of him, clad in only her inner kimono…
"What?" there was another voice.
Onime-no-Kyo will only wake if his loved one prays for his return while on top of him, clad in only her inner kimono and chant a mantra for three whole days without moving an inch…
Another voice made me jump. "How many are you all are?"
Onime-no-Kyo will only wake if his loved one prays for his return while on top of him, clad in only her inner kimono and chant a mantra for three whole days without moving an inch, a mantra that comes from her heart, a mantra that tells him to come back from the other side…
"I don't care who you are but if that will make Kyo wake up… what should I really do?" I asked the voices.
We are the Voices of The Blue Flame, we guard Onime-no-Kyo, Yuya-sama… breathe life back into him…
I nodded, reassuring the voices. "I will… I will wake him up!"
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A/N: How's that? It's longer right! Review! SDK is not mine!